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1983–2026
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February 10, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Derrick Randall · Struck by falling object

EE WAS SHOVELING DIRT FROM UNDER THE CONVEYOR BELT WHEN ROCK FELL, NOT SURE FROM WHERE, AND HIT HIS HAND.

January 13, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Derrick Randall · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WAS PULLING ON CHAIN ON TRAP DOOR OF CHUTE TO CLOSE IT. THE WELD BROKE, HE FELL, LANDED ON RT FOOT.

November 16, 1994 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Derrick Randall · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS GETTING ON LOADER AND PULLING HIMSELF UP BY THE RAILS WHEN HE STRAINED HIMSELF STEPPED DOWN FROM THE LOADER BECAUSE HE WAS HURTING.

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